Romans 9:20

In 9 translations

BSB

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9

KJV

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

WEB

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

ASV

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

LSV

No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus?

YLT

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form [it], Why me didst thou make thus?

DBY

Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?Elohim

DRC

O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

GNV

But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

RP2018

Μενοῦνγε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

TR-Boyd

Μενοῦνγε, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ Θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;

SCR1894

μενουνγε ω ανθρωπε συ τις ει ο ανταποκρινομενος τω θεω μη ερει το πλασμα τω πλασαντι τι με εποιησας ουτως

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• Isaiah 29:16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
• Isaiah 45:9–11Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’…
• Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
• Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
• Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 36:23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
• 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
• Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
• Job 38:2–3“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
• Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• Job 42:2–6“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for…
• Titus 2:9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
• Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

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